All of those questions were thoughtfully, pointedly argued, left and right. But the world of news spins fast, and now the latest tech bus news is less thought-provoking and more ick-provoking: a protester allegedly puked all over the front of a Yahoo bus, supposedly in protest of the bus, not his or her lunch.

Erin McElroy, one of the lead organizers of the colorful San Francisco Google bus protest yesterday, said that though the methods used by the Oaklanders may be different than her group, it's all part of one cause.

"I support a diversity of tactics," she told us in a phone interview today. "It's helpful that our tactics are different than theirs."